Market Intelligence Senior Specialist - Procurement, Sourcing, Supplier risk

TJX Companies

At TJX Companies, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You’ll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you’re working in our four global Home Offices, Distribution Centers or Retail Stores—TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, Homesense, Sierra, Winners, and TK Maxx, you’ll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family—a Fortune 100 company and the world’s leading off-price retailer.

Job Description:

Job Title: Market Intelligence, Senior Specialist

Purpose:

The Market Intelligence Senior Specialist delivers market, supplier, category, and risk intelligence that enables informed sourcing and business decisions across GS&P. Through market research, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement, the role translates complex external and internal data into actionable insights, strategic recommendations, and executive-ready presentations. The position supports category strategies, supplier negotiations, planning activities, and risk management efforts while leveraging AI-enabled tools and market intelligence platforms to accelerate insight generation and drive business value.

Major Duties/ Responsibilities:

- Conduct primary and secondary research using market intelligence subscription services, AI-powered research tools, and a range of external data sources, platforms, and internal datasets to enrich market insights.
- Continuously monitor external market conditions, including regulatory, geopolitical, economic, and industry factors impacting supply markets, leveraging AI-enabled research tools and automated monitoring capabilities where appropriate.
- Leverage intelligent agents and AI-enabled solutions to automate market monitoring, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and accelerate insight generation.
- Conduct in-depth market analysis across GS&P categories, including supplier landscapes, cost drivers, pricing trends, commodity indexes, benchmarking insights, and supply/demand dynamics to support sourcing decisions, financial planning, supplier negotiations, and value identification initiatives.
- Identify risks, early warning indicators, and value creation opportunities related to supplier stability, pricing volatility, supply constraints, and market developments, assessing business impacts and providing scenario analysis and recommendations to support proactive decision-making.
- Deliver proactive alerts, trend summaries, scenario-based insights, and recommendations by combining external market intelligence with supplier, contract, spend, and business demand data to support risk mitigation, forward planning, and decision-making.
- Develop structured category intelligence outputs (e.g., market scans, supplier profiles, and intelligence packs) to support sourcing and category strategies.
- Translate complex market and supplier data into clear, actionable insights and executive-ready presentations, dashboards, and written summaries aligned to business priorities.
- Develop compelling executive-level narratives and recommendations that translate complex market intelligence into clear business actions and strategic decisions.
- Partner with Category Managers and sourcing teams to support RFx events, negotiations, supplier selection, and intelligence requirements aligned to specific sourcing initiatives and business questions.
- Support stakeholder understanding of external market conditions impacting pricing, availability, supplier positioning, and sourcing strategies.
- Work closely with P&A, and GS&P stakeholders to integrate intelligence into decision-making processes.
- Contribute to planning cycles by providing market insights into budgeting, forecasting, category strategies, and broader business planning activities.
- Ensure insights support key outcomes including cost optimization, risk reduction, and value delivery.
- Ensure research methodologies are structured, repeatable, and aligned to best practices.
- Build and maintain a centralised market intelligence repository and knowledge base, including templates, frameworks, and reusable outputs to standardize intelligence delivery and ensure insights are accessible, shareable, and consistently maintained across GS&P.

Decision Making:

- Applies independent judgement in analyzing market data and forming actionable insights.
- Recommends sourcing, supplier, and strategy decisions based on market intelligence findings.
- Prioritize intelligence activities based on business value and stakeholder needs.
- Identifies trade-offs across cost, risk, and market dynamics in support of decision-making.

Span of Control (Direct/Indirect reports)

- Individual contributor role with no direct people management responsibility.
- Works across multiple GS&P categories and stakeholder groups.
- Influences decision-making through insights and expertise rather than formal authority.

Scope of Responsibility (i.e. financial impact):

- Supports GS&P value delivery through improved sourcing decisions, pricing insights, and risk mitigation.
- Impacts supplier selection, negotiation outcomes, and category strategy through actionable intelligence.
- Contributes to cost optimization, supplier performance improvement, and overall procurement effectiveness.

Skills/Knowledge:

Technical / Functional Skills

- Strong analytical capability with experience in market analysis, supplier research, and data interpretation.
- Ability to synthesize internal spend, supplier, contract, and business data with external market intelligence to generate actionable recommendations.
- Advanced ability to transform complex qualitative and quantitative data into compelling narratives, executive-ready presentations, dashboards, and visual insights that drive decision-making.
- Strong PowerPoint and presentation development skills, with experience creating clear, visually engaging, and persuasive materials for senior leadership audiences.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled research tools, intelligent agents, and market intelligence platforms.
- Understanding of procurement, sourcing processes, and supply market dynamics.
- Experience with data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI or similar) and external market research platforms.
- Familiarity with cost drivers, pricing models, and supplier economics across categories.

Soft Skills :

- Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills with the ability to simplify complex insights and influence business decisions.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and business partnering capability, with confidence presenting recommendations to senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
- High level of curiosity, commercial awareness, and strategic thinking.
- Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality output under time constraints.

Minimum Formal Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in business, Economics, Finance, Analytics, or related discipline preferred (or equivalent experience).

Minimum Experience

- 4+ years of experience in market intelligence, procurement, sourcing, supplier risk, analytics, strategy, or related disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience analyzing complex market, supplier, and business data and translating findings into actionable insights and recommendations.
- Experience developing executive-ready presentations and communicating insights to business stakeholders.
- Experience supporting global stakeholders and working within cross-functional environments.

Job Timings

- 2:30 PM to 11:30 PM IST

In addition to our open door policy and supportive work environment, we also strive to provide a competitive salary and benefits package. TJX considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. TJX also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.

Address:
Salarpuria Sattva Knowledge City, Inorbit Road

Location:
APAC Home Office Hyderabad IN